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Weather Report – Heavy Weather (1977) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Weather Report – Heavy Weather (1977) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
CD-Layer / EAC Rip / FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.57 GB (ISO) + 1.54 GB (DSF) + 731 MB (FLAC) + 234 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | Austria | Cat#: AFZ 258 | Genre: Jazz Fusion
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Weather Report’s biggest-selling album is that ideal thing, a popular and artistic success — and for the same reasons. For one thing, Joe Zawinul revealed an unexpectedly potent commercial streak for the first time since his Cannonball Adderley days, contributing what has become a perennial hit, “Birdland.” Indeed, “Birdland” is a remarkable bit of record-making, a unified, ever-developing piece of music that evokes, without in any way imitating, a joyous evening on 52nd St. with a big band. Continue reading “Weather Report – Heavy Weather (1977) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Weather Report – Tale Spinnin’ (1975) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Weather Report - Tale Spinnin' (1975) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Weather Report – Tale Spinnin’ (1975) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
CD-Layer / EAC Rip / FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 688 MB (ISO) + 1.77 GB (DSF) + 851 MB (FLAC) + 270 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | Austria | Cat#: AFZ 248 | Genre: Jazz Fusion
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Tale Spinnin’ is the sixth album by Weather Report, recorded and released in 1975, featuring the addition of Leon “Ndugu” Chancler on the drums. Ndugu was recruited after Josef Zawinul heard him play with Carlos Santana. Weather Report was recording next door to Ndugu in the studio, and Chancler was asked to join them for a recording session. Continue reading “Weather Report – Tale Spinnin’ (1975) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Weather Report – Tale Spinnin’ (1975) [2018, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Weather Report - Tale Spinnin' (1975) [2018, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Weather Report – Tale Spinnin’ (1975) [2018, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | No Scans
Total Size: 2 GB (ISO) + 1.76 GB (FLAC Mch) + 844 MB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Vocalion | Austria | Cat#: CDSML 8550 | Genre: Jazz, Fusion
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Weather Report – Mysterious Traveller (1974) [2002, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Weather Report - Mysterious Traveller (1974) [2002, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Weather Report’s fourth recording finds Wayne Shorter (on soprano and tenor) taking a lesser role as Joe Zawinul begins to really dominate the group’s sound. Most selections also include bassist Alphonso Johnson and drummer Ishmael Wilburn although the personnel shifts from track to track. “Nubian Sundance” adds several vocalists while “Blackthorn Rose” is a Shorter-Zawinul duet. Overall the music is pretty stimulating and sometimes adventurous; high-quality fusion from 1974. Continue reading “Weather Report – Mysterious Traveller (1974) [2002, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Weather Report – Black Market (1973) [2001, Japan, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Weather Report - Black Market (1973) [2001, Japan, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The shifts in Weather Report’s personnel come fast and furious now, with Narada Michael Walden and Chester Thompson as the drummers, Alex Acuna and Don Alias at the percussion table, and Alphonso Johnson giving way to the mighty, martyred Jaco Pastorius. Continue reading “Weather Report – Black Market (1973) [2001, Japan, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Weather Report – Heavy Weather (1977) [2002, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977) [2002, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Weather Report – Heavy Weather (1977) [2002, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.58 GB (ISO) + 696 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Columbia | USA | Cat#: CS 65108 | Genre: Jazz
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Weather Report – Night Passage (1980) [2018, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Weather Report - Night Passage (1980) [2018, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Night Passage is the eleventh album by Weather Report, released in 1980. The tracks were recorded in August 1980 at The Complex studios in Los Angeles (before a crowd of 250 people who can be heard on a couple of tracks), except for “Madagascar”, recorded live in Osaka, in June of the same year. The album introduces a new member to the band, percussionist Robert Thomas Jr. Night Passage loses the over-done production layers of some of Weather Report’s earlier releases (most notably 1978’s Mr. Gone). What is lost in layers of overdubs is made up in solo improvisation in the classic jazz tradition. Continue reading “Weather Report – Night Passage (1980) [2018, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”